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The Hidden $100,000 Price Tag On Being Transgender

For some, the cost of surgery and treatment for gender dysphoria will crack $100,000.

The
ABC's new podcast The Signal has been following one woman's effort to
find the money she needs to transition, while living below the poverty
line.

Stand-up comedy has been Cassie Workman's main income for the past seven or eight years.

Normally, it's just enough cash to scrape by, but recently she's also
been diverting as much as she can towards an estimated $85,000 in
medical, administrative and incidental costs associated with her
transition to a woman.

That includes everything from surgery to taxis home at night, because of the elevated risk of assault for trans women.